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Weald Community Primary School

Primary · Sevenoaks · TN14 6PY

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 April 2025

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At a glance

103 pupils · 59% of 175 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
22.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
15.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.weald.kent.sch.uk
URN
118283

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 10 Reception places, 0.80 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 23 April 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.80 first-choice applications per place

10 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

6 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
Kent average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolHitchin · 52 miles awayGood71%
Brigstock Latham's Church of England Primary SchoolKettering · 91 miles awayGood60%
Weston Primary & Nursery SchoolHitchin · 52 miles awayGood50%
Dunston St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolLincoln · 135 miles awayGood30%
Four Elms Primary SchoolEdenbridge · 4 miles awayExpected standard100%
Wateringbury Church of England Primary SchoolMaidstone · 10 miles awayGood66%
Standlake Church of England Primary SchoolStandlake · 77 miles awayGood48%
Caton Primary SchoolLancaster · 230 miles awayGood (2019)63%
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolHaywards Heath · 17 miles awayGood (2019)63%
Earith Primary SchoolHuntingdon · 78 miles awayExpected standard78%
St Lewis Catholic Primary SchoolWarrington · 191 miles awayGood40%
The Dassett CofE Primary SchoolSoutham · 93 miles awayRequires improvement62%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 73% (Kent 70%, England 60%) · Any other White background 13% (Kent 7%, England 7%) · White Gypsy/Roma 4% (Kent 1%, England 0%) · Black African 2% (Kent 5%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Kent 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Kent 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 2% (Kent 0%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Kent 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Kent 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Kent 1%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.11 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kent: 3.00 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
13
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,121; 9.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,215
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £78,395; in-year balance +£1,438

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health61.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.3%62.3%
Social housing10.8%17.1%
Privately rented13%20.5%
Detached houses54.3%22.9%
Flats8.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms48.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024459 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£660,00021 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£435,000–£800,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£807,500
Semi-detached (7)£610,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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